CodeIgniter without a Database?

Question

Sorry if this is a simple question, is it possible to load codeigniter without a db setup?

I have sess_use_db set to false in the config, I tried renaming database.php to something else but it still wants to load it, I turned active records off also.

I tried commenting everything out in the database.php and it said no database settings found, autoload doesn't load the db.

Is this even possible?

Answer 1

Theoretically, there should be no reason that CI needs a database. sess_use_db=false just stops CI from storing it's session information in a database. Check that you are not autoloading the database files in config/autoload.php

You could set the database type to 'sqlite' in config/database.php if you simply want to avoid setting up mysql, but you will need to have sqlite installed.

HTH

Answer 2

I know its an old thread but answers for a clearer answer.

You need to check in two places config.php and autoload.php as the website depends on two things which depend on database, which are autoload 'database' & 'sessions' which we need to remove.

But for sessions, rather than eliminating it from autoload, we can keep it by just changing its configuration setting.

In Config.php : you need to modify 'session' settings by changing its driver to:

$config['sess_driver'] = 'files'; .

In autoload.php : you need to modify the 'library' by removing "database" :

$autoload['libraries'] = array('session', 'form_validation');

Also, do make sure that your site doesn't have any funtions calling for database.

That should fix your issues.

Answer 3

You just need to remove or comment the following line from autoload.php file in config folder:

$autoload['libraries'] = array('database','session');

Answer 4

I think you should check your $autoload['libraries'] and remove database.